- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 29 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what input its press office has had into freedom of information responses by the Executive.
Answer
Press Office is the first pointof contact at the Scottish Executive for all media organisations. Guidance is provided to Scottish Executive staff on theappropriate handling of requests under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act2002, this is available on the Scottish Executive website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/FOI/access/internalguide.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 29 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it handles freedom of information requests in a uniform manner or whether requests from specific individuals or people in certain occupations are treated differently and, if so, why it follows this approach.
Answer
All requests for informationare handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland)Act 2002. Guidance is provided to Scottish Executive staff on the appropriatehandling of requests under the act, this is available on the Scottish Executivewebsite at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/FOI/access/internalguide.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 26 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions, and in respect of which specific requests, its press office has been given sight of information prior to that information being released in response to a freedom of information request.
Answer
The information asked for isnot held. Guidance is provided to Scottish Executive staff on the appropriate handlingof requests under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, this is availableon the Scottish Executive website at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/FOI/access/internalguide.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals were in mortgage arrears in each year since 1999 and, of these, how many were first-time buyers.
Answer
Information on numbers in mortgagearrears in Scotland is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 20 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the contribution to the Scottish economy of workers from the A8 countries.
Answer
The Scottish Executive currentlyhas no specific information on the direct economic contribution to the Scottisheconomy of workers from the A8 countries other than the data provided in the AccessionMonitoring Report May 2004 – June 2006, which provides information on the numberof A8 country workers registering for employment in Scotland by age, sex and byindustrial sector over the period from 1 May 2004 to 30 June 2006.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Robert Brown on 15 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many unaccompanied asylum seeker children have been in residential care in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) month and (b) local authority area.
Answer
This information is not heldcentrally.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what average (a) hourly rate and (b) expenses were paid for the services of (i) partners, (ii) qualified solicitors and (iii) unqualified solicitors involved in representation of the defenders in the Napier case.
Answer
The Scottish Prison Service(SPS) was represented by the Office of the Solicitor to the Scottish Executive (OSSE).The SPS did not incur any direct costs for this work.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 14 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on whether Bulgarian and Romanian citizens should be allowed access to the Scottish job market if the two countries enter the European Union in 2007.
Answer
The need for a managedmigration system in the UK is widely acknowledged. Within that framework,and the related laws of the EU, we wish to see as open a job market as possiblein Scotland. Weare in contact with the Home Office and I am confident that Scotland willcontinue to attract hard working talented individuals who will help us build oureconomy.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many citizens of the A8 countries have migrated to Scotland since these countries’ entry to the European Union in 2004, broken down by country of origin.
Answer
The information is availablein the Accession Monitoring Report May 2004 – June 2006 an online report availablefrom the Home Office’s Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
- Asked by: Kenny MacAskill, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 13 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the skills possessed by workers from the A8 countries who have entered the Scottish job market.
Answer
The information is availablein the Accession Monitoring Report May 2004 – June 2006 an online report availablefrom the Home Office’s Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
